NIGERIAN WOMAN SENTENCED IN UK COURT FOR MONEY LAUNDERY

A 34-year-old Nigerian woman from East
Dulwich woman who was involved in a £40,000
money laundering scam was sentenced at
Southwark Crown Court on Friday, September
16th.
Olamide Aina was found guilty at the court on
Monday, August 8th of two counts of money
laundering. She was sentenced to two years’
imprisonment suspended for two years for one
count, and six months imprisonment suspended
for two years for the second, both to run
concurrently.
She is required to undertake 200 hours unpaid
work.
Aina allowed her account to be used as part of
a scam in February 2013. The first victim, from
Morocco, purchased two printing machines
which were advertised on a fraudulent website
and the £37,945.18 paid was eventually
siphoned into Aina's account.
The second offence concerned the fraudulent
sale of a lawnmower in July 2013. On this
occasion a 29-year-old man lost £3,675 with the
money again being found to have been paid into
one of Aina's many accounts. Neither victim
received the goods they paid for.
Aina was arrested on 15 July 2013 after
detectives traced the bank records which were
used to funnel off the fraudulent transactions.
Police do not know who orchestrated the scam.
DC Michael Esangbedo, the investigating officer
for Southwark Borough CID said:
"The investigation was complicated as Aina
tried to hide the money trail. It was a well
planned and complicated scam. Aina was no
doubt motivated by greed and has never shown
any remorse for her actions."


Source :LIB
Edited by DANIEL IKECHUKWU